Foods Co opens in East Oakland at Foothill Square

A much-anticipated Foods Co, more than 2 years in the planning, opened today in Foothill Square in East Oakland. The Kroger-owned grocery store, an anchor tenant in a $45MM redevelopment of Foothill Square, will now give the more than 90,000 people living within 2 miles of the mall access to a large, mainstream supermarket.

The new store will employ about 175 local people, and management says they want to food community projects. “We are very excited about this opportunity to open our newest Foods Co. store in East Oakland and the opportunity it gives us to expand our presence in the Bay Area,” Bryan Kaltenbach, president of Foods Co., told the media. “We believe East Oakland will be a great Foods Co. community.”

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